Compania Maritima Samsoc Limitada, S. A. v. Moran Towing & Transp. Co.

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

These two appeals call for decision fixing the liability for damages caused by a collision in the Hudson River between the “dead” ship Primavera, owned by the ap-pellee Compañía Marítima Samsoc Limita-da, hereafter called Compañía, and the liberty ship Ora Ellis, owned by the United States. The collision occurred in clear weather at about 7:45 on the morning of April 15, 1946 when the tide was flooding at about 1.2 knots and there was a southerly wind, in the direction of the tide, of about 22 miles per 'hour.

The Ora Ellis left her anchorage off 125th Street at 7:10 A.M.…